IndiVestor

Thanks, good advice. I kind of want to stick with an Asus motherboard though as I figure it is more likely to work. Or I could just stick with the tablet and eGPU, does anyone else have experience of gaming on a dual core i7 6th gen with a 1070 GPU? What kind of performance are they getting? GTA 5 is pretty good on high settings but the tablet does get very very hot!

Hi, This might sound strange and it might not be a viable build but I am wanting to build a small form quad core PC that can connect to my Asus ROG station 2 via thunderbolt 3. The reason being is that currently I have an Asus Transformer Pro 3 and connect it to the Station 2 eGPU when I want to game. It works well but...the dual core CPU is a limiting factor and I am wanting to play Star Citizen when it comes out. I can play most games very well but worried that games like Star Citizen are really going to need a quad core to run properly. So I don't want to waste the Station 2 eGPU enclosure and also it is a great docking station and allows for easy upgrade of the GPU. However I can only find the http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Fatal1ty Z270 Gaming-ITXac/index.us.asp Fatality Asrock mini-ITX motherboard that seems to support Thunderbolt 3. The first question is would this motherboard recognise the eGPU device and would it actually work? Second question is could I add in the Asus https://www.asus.com/uk/Motherboard-Accessory/ThunderboltEX-3/ ThunderboltEX-3 PCIe card to any normal mini-ITX Asus motherboard and would that connect and work with the Station 2 eGPU? Or should I just forget the Station 2 and fit the GPU onto the motherboard and have a normal build and well the Station 2? I think the answer to the second question is the most important as if anyone has connected a eGPU to a normal motherboard via the ThunderboltEX card then that would be the answer I think.